The Mass Migration Out of London
Checked 10 September 2026. This article turns on a town-by-town price table, and none of those prices could be verified. The Land Registry’s own house price tool refused automated access,…
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Field Notes
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Essays and articles from EA’s network of world travelers
A Serengeti Dream Season
Southern Birthing Grounds Just about everyone with adventure in their soul dreams of experiencing an Africa safari. But Africa is a very big place. You see, the average person has…
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The Veteran Rewriting His Life Abroad
John H. Davis has lived more than one lifetime. He served in the U.S. Army, deployed to war, rebuilt himself through higher education, earned a master’s degree from Harvard, and…
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Tuvalu: The Island Uploading Itself to the Metaverse
A Nation at the Edge of Existence Tuvalu is an isolated country in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It consists of nine low-lying islands and a population of roughly…
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Finding Yourself in India
Where the Journey Begins “Baba, yogi, guru, sadhu, whatever,” Bharat shrugged as we sat overlooking India’s holy Lake Pushkar. “It’s not about how many beads you wear or how much…
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Life on the Edge of England
A few hours’ drive from the bustling metropolis of London lies a region that stands as an alternative to what we associate with modern UK living. Cities like London or…
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Finding Home in Turkey
Checked and current, 10 September 2026. The rent range given for the big cities is low at the top end. A one-bedroom in central Istanbul is about $1,454 a month,…
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How Halloween in Ireland Sparked a Global Legacy
Trick-or-treating, dressing in scary costumes, telling ghost stories—these familiar Halloween rituals trace their origins back thousands of years, long before the era of cheap plastic Dracula masks and over-the-top inflatable…
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Living Between Continents, Cultures, and Contradictions
Growing up in Turkey, you learn what it means to live life between borders—not always by desire, but often by obligation. It’s a place that gets described, lazily and often,…
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Abkhazia: Secrets of the Soviet Riviera
Abkhazia: From Playground to Ruins In the 1970s, trains packed full of tourists from across the Soviet Union would arrive into the coastal city of Sukhumi every summer. The city,…
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